Franklin: Two arraigned on robbery charges

FRANKLIN — Two Boston men were arraigned Monday in connection with the theft of several thousand dollars worth of iPhones and iPads from an AT&T retail store Saturday.

The Franklin Police Department arrested Edward Clarke, 21, of 14 Lindey St., and Shaqone Cazeau, 21, of 80 Edison St., late Saturday evening after responding to a panic alarm at the AT&T store on 25 Franklin Village Drive.

The police stopped Clarke’s red Toyota Camry following a report of a suspicious vehicle in the area. Police said Clarke appeared to be under the influence of marijuana and had started a field sobriety test when dispatch notified officers of the panic alarm triggered at the AT&T store.

Employees said two black males wearing bucket hats had entered the store and caused a disturbance by "jumping around," according to court documents. They started "ripping" items from the shelves and on display and fled from the store, police said.

Seeing a bucket hat resting on Clarke’s passenger seat, police said they arrested him on suspicion he was involved in the robbery.

When police opened Clarke’s trunk, they found Cazeau hiding inside with five iPads and four iPhones — later identified as those stolen from the AT&T store.

In Wrentham District Court Monday, both men were arraigned on charges of unarmed robbery and malicious destruction of property. Clarke was also charged with driving under the influence of drugs.

They were held on $5,000 cash bail and are due back in court for hearings in September.

Cazeau’s bail was revoked on a Norfolk Superior Court Case in which he’s charged with armed and masked robbery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and receiving a stolen credit card.

According to police, Clarke and Cazeau may have been involved in a similar robbery on Saturday in Norwell.